Good voice and talented but damn man sing the 17n song the way it was meant to be. Guess I’m a traditionalist, get off my lawn and ****.
Hell of a lot better than some of the versions have that have been sung.Good voice and talented but damn man sing the 17n song the way it was meant to be. Guess I’m a traditionalist, get off my lawn and ****.
Yeah not a fan of the unnecessary runs. Basically the male/country version of Fergie with a less grating voice.Good voice and talented but damn man sing the 17n song the way it was meant to be. Guess I’m a traditionalist, get off my lawn and ****.
This!!Good voice and talented but damn man sing the 17n song the way it was meant to be. Guess I’m a traditionalist, get off my lawn and ****.
Yes he does. He is the best vocalist I have ever heard live. You ask most artist now days and they will tell you the same thing. He just put his spin on it with his guitar.He hasn't got the kind of voice range to sing it completely traditionally.
He did fine. Not special, but fine.
Yes he does. He is the best vocalist I have ever heard live. You ask most artist now days and they will tell you the same thing. He just put his spin on it with his guitar.
Whitney set an extremely high bar. I thought a woman would have been a better choice to get the range needed.He's a fine singer. That's not the same as having a wide vocal range.
Watch Whitney hit all the notes and compare it.
He can't hit the notes she hits, so he doesn't try. Smart.
It's a very difficult song to sing for even good vocalists.
Was? Is Whitney okay?Whitney was on a different level than everyone else.
I hope you are joking. That was the best version I have ever heard of the the Star Spangled Banner. People were crying for God's sake. It was AWESOME!Good voice and talented but damn man sing the 17n song the way it was meant to be. Guess I’m a traditionalist, get off my lawn and ****.
We can't all agree about the singers so let's just go full instrumental from this point forward. Here's my recommendation. I've heard this live and it's outstanding.Good voice and talented but damn man sing the 17n song the way it was meant to be. Guess I’m a traditionalist, get off my lawn and ****.
They don't perform this often. Not sure they teach very many patriotic songs or pretty much anything patriotic these days when they already feel that commercials about Jesus are MAGA or benign fascism. Gotta keep a reign on this stuff.America the Beautiful should be our national anthem anyway. It’s much easier to sing and the lyrics are about the country’s natural beauty and brotherhood.
I understand what you’re saying about vocal range and he has great range. However, if you are just straight comparing him to Whitney Houston, she was a unicorn. She had the greatest performance of the national anthem ever.He's a fine singer. That's not the same as having a wide vocal range.
Watch Whitney hit all the notes and compare it.
He can't hit the notes she hits, so he doesn't try. Smart.
It's a very difficult song to sing for even good vocalists.
Because she was a damn coke head.Whitney was on a different level than everyone else.
Frances Scott Key wrote it to the melody of an English tavern song that would have commonly been played on a mandolin and harpsichord or something. Not sure we want to hear it as it was meant to be.. Unless Gordon Lightfoot is singing it of course.Good voice and talented but damn man sing the 17n song the way it was meant to be. Guess I’m a traditionalist, get off my lawn and ****.
Define right? As it was written to be sung or as you prefer to hear it sung?I like Stapleton (I have four of his albums on my phone), but that was horrible. If you can't sing it right, don't do it.
OK but what about the rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing?Good voice and talented but damn man sing the 17n song the way it was meant to be. Guess I’m a traditionalist, get off my lawn and ****.
Never knew Whitney's was lip synced; bummer. I liked Stapleton's version as it created a lot of dust around the world. I've liked previous versions by others as well as long as you feel patriotic pride coming outta the microphone. Others have trashed it which is disgusting when you can tell they don't give a 17 about the country and all they want is individiual acclaim.While I agree that Whitney Houston’s version is the gold standard…..it was pre recorded and lip synced sung into a dead mic on the field.
If you don’t like Stapletons version that’s fine but at least he did it live.
It is phenomenal but it’s not live.I just went back and watched Houston's version. It is phenomenal. It's not fair to compare others to her. They have no chance. Her voice is a one of one.
It is phenomenal but it’s not live.
No not really. Harry Connick Jr sang it live the next year.
It was 1991 man. Sound technology has come a long way in the last 32 years. That was how it had to be done back then.
I'll take his approach any day over the Whitney Houston style of adding syllables to every other word. And this is from someone who finds 99.9% of country music to be low brow, intolerable garbage.Good voice and talented but damn man sing the 17n song the way it was meant to be. Guess I’m a traditionalist, get off my lawn and ****.
I thought it was fantastic.Good voice and talented but damn man sing the 17n song the way it was meant to be. Guess I’m a traditionalist, get off my lawn and ****.